Midterm Exam

Linear Algebra for CS

Adamadze & Nadareishvili

Instructions: You have 25 minutes (including upload) to complete this part of the midterm. Show
your work everywhere.
22. Compute 2i + 3 + (2 − 4i)(−2 + 3i ). (1 p)
23. Compute (1 p)
1 − 3i
.
−2i − 1
24. Compute (3 + 3i)5 . (2 p)
25. Find all 4th roots of −16. (2 p)
26. Find all solutions of the equation eix = −i. (2 p)
Bonus
27. An operator norm kAkop of a matrix A is maximum factor by which it scales unit vectors.
That is
kAkop := max{kA~xk : such that k~xk= 1},
where k~xk denotes the length of a vector ~x.
Find the operator norm of the matrix
!
5 3
.
−5 3
If you are going to use any formulas, explain why they hold as well. (3 p)